Hiragana is used mainly for grammatical purposes and it represents every sound in the Japanese language. Words with extremely difficult or rare Kanji, colloquial expressions, and onomatopoeias are also written in Hiragana. It's also often used for beginning Japanese students and children in place of Kanji they don't know.
Note: There's a chart for the whole Hiragana writing system with the right strokes needed to write each alphabet in the multimedia. Feel free to check it out and practice.
Before you move on to the next lesson, I'll give you the chance to memorize all Hiragana characters in seven days. Once you memorize all of them, come back here to answer the exercises I provide below to see your own improvement.
1.1 EXERCISES
Let's practice reading some Hiragana words and writing them in Romaji. Comment your answers below!
Don't get too caught up in the Romaji spellings. Remember, the whole point is to test your aural memory with Hiragana.
Sample: たべもの = ta | be | mo | no
Easy Mode
1. きもの = _______________
2. にんじゃ = _______________
3. すし = _______________
4. たたみ = _______________
5. にほん = _______________
6. さむらい = _______________
7. てんぷら = _______________
8. しょうぐん = _______________
9. とうふ = _______________
10. おりがみ = _______________
Hard Mode
1. きゃっかんてき＝_______________
2. はっぴょうけっか＝ _______________
3. ちょっかん＝ _______________
4. ひっし＝ _______________
5. ぜったい＝ _______________
6. けっちゃく＝ _______________
7. しっぱい＝ _______________
8. ちゅうとはんぱ＝ _______________
9. やっかい＝ _______________
10. しょっちゅう＝ _______________
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